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It is crazy being in a world that we don't belong to. We have become so accustomed to making provisions that allow for this new "tolerance" we keep hearing so much of that many of us have fallen away from the truth of the Gospel. I know many "believers" who cannnot tell you for sure if they would go to heaven right now if they died...which isn't surprising since most Christians today either believe the Bible is at most a great addition to the self-help section at books-a-million (only to be used as a reference or optional guide) or worse that the BIBLE is no longer relevent so why read it...after all it is too hard to understand...both are so off the mark I don't even know where to begin. Yet in most churches, Christians are outraged by where America has fallen morally ranting and raving over the short comings of our wonderful govenments and every other possible problem. Yet I know of several Christians who didn't vote in the last election because of "time limitations" and other excuses.
Am I saying we should have no voice in the political realm of our country? Absolutely not! But we need to approach this from a Godly, ministerial perspective.
1st lets get back to the basics of our faith: Jesus Christ the only Way...come out from among them ans BE SEPERATE (touch no UNCLEAN thing).
2nd lets remember the war we are in is already been decided in the heavenlies (Satan is defeated).
This world is merely dealing with his hopes to keep as many people as possible oblivious to the truth. We do NOT wrestle against FLESH and BLOOD...we need to stop being surprised that people who are obviously of the world keep acting like it. There is a well known paradox that exists in our world where a person will become the most irrate over an incident he sees someone else doing that he himself secretly struggles with. I have to believe that man of the overeactions to sin in this world I see are because people are beginning to see manifestations in the natural that they are strugling with behind close doors. They know they are guilty so they lash out at others who physically stumble.
Am I off the mark...no. Look again at Florida with the republican party (I will keep names out). The politician being referred to was on committees against child porn and was outspoken in his opposition to what he himself was doing in secret as was recently exposed. So what am I saying. WE ARE AT WAR not with the devil for the future of this country but for the future of the souls in this country. The ones that are in sin we are supposed to be reaching out to without ourselves becoming stained by it. I love my country. I served 8 years in the ARMY infantry being deployed numerous times including two full tours in Haiti and Bosnia. I bear scars on my body, physical and emotional, for the injuries I received during my conflicts abroad. I have a love for this country that goes deeper than I could put to pen..but my love and desperation for the lost goes deeper. I would watch this country burn to the ground with joy if I knew that the sinners in this country would repent...and I am aware that there are few that would agree with that.
3rd lets remember that in the light of Jesus Christ, we die for others to gain.
Our life is not found by attempting to keep it but by being ready to lose it, whether that means minor discomfort on our part or even the worst of tragedy. I am amazed at the people who define themselves as believers but will not lift their hands to the plow unless the temperature is just right and they get the modern equipment, their gloves are fit perfectly, etc and they must receive applause for every step they make. Lets get out there and get back to work. We have for too long stood in the barn, opened the doors, and invited the harvest to come in. This world is going to hell along with so many of the people we claim to love. If our lives are truly in God's hands and if He truly knows our needs then lets OBEY Him...and stop acting so surprised everytime the world acts, well, like the world. |
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